Hi, I'm Molly
So, I bought my first car (1989 240 hatch) for $950 in August or September of last year. I can't remember which.
That's the one ^^^
Anyway, it was starting to become a pain in the a**, so when someone offered me $2,000 for it, I didn't hesitate to sell it. Turned around and bought this the same day with the $2,000 I got for my car. It also came with this hilariously awful island music CD, which I insisted upon keeping. Welcome to Florida.
I already put it on the registry, really glad to see someone keeping count! She has 126k miles on her, and she's pretty much stock. The guy I bought it from said he was the second owner, but he never registered it in his name. It belonged to a woman before me, so it seems destined to remain a woman's car
THE BAD (what we plan to fix):
-Back window is garbage (I know... everyone has this problem!)
-Leaks like mad! Quite a bit of rust on the body in front of the rear view mirror. It actually falls off on me while driving -.-
-AC and heat don't work
-Cruise control doesn't work
-Pop up lights won't go down unless you do it manually
-Windshield wipers don't work
-Seat belts don't lock up
-Cracked dash (My fiance just put in an uncracked. Problem solved!)
-Dent on trunk, you can kind of see it here
-Carpet looks awful
-Door panels are not so hot
-Seal is screwed up
-Was missing mirror glass on both side mirrors (now only one)
-Came with these awful looking fog lights, which we have since taken off
-Power steering leaks
-There is no coolant overflow.
-Needs new tires
-Interior plastics were warped out of shape (Leon, my fiance, fixed this with a heat gun)
-Back seat was all ripped up
The list goes on. We haven't done much on it yet. By we, I mean mostly my fiance. He's teaching me how to do some of this myself, but I admit to being easily frustrated with it. Here's what we have done
-New dash, shown above
-Removed rear seat. Maybe will get it reupholstered? Not sure yet.
-Plastidipped some of the rear interior. We got bored, wanted to see what it would look like
From this:
To this:
Oh, and of course we're going to put this in it
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Just kidding! I wish. He traded it for a roll cage, gauge cluster (which reads up to 180mph!), and coilovers for his car. Ah well. At least I'm getting his old coilovers! And as it turns out, the gauge cluster can't be used on a 6cyl (he has an rb25), so it might end up in my car! Hope to give you some more updates on this soon